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Thursday, March 21, 2013

{PHFR} Yarn Along!

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We found these babies at Goodwill last week! They're in perfect condition. A little large, but that just adds to their value since Meg can wear them longer. That's the kind of tween shopping I like: stumbling across a perfect treasure when you're not even looking for it!

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Another treasure from Goodwill:

A very imperfect picture of a perfect set of new Advent candles for $0.99! As my sainted mother would say, "You can't beat that deal with a stick!"

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Meg's Secret Agent ID card. Notice how tall she is?

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"Real" is not finding time to blog my Yarn Along post yesterday, so I'm squeezing it into this one. "Double prizes!" (Name that movie!)

This is the ripple afghan I'm making out of my stash. It's nice to have on my lap since Winter is making another effort to hang around! I don't know if I'd call it pretty, but it has parts that I like and parts that I don't like. I'm really just playing around with the colors and the width of the stripes.

My book for the week (ha! really, it was just 2 days) is War Horse. I never saw the movie, and I checked the book out of the library on my Overdrive app. I listened to it in just 2 days, so I guess it's not very long, but I loved it. I had no idea what to expect, but you might imagine that it had me weeping in several spots, if you know anything about it. I'd love to see the movie now. Have you seen it or read it?

I am right there with you shopping for tweens, my 11 year old is a month older than Meg. She is 5'3 and has a size ten shoe already! Finding age appropriate shoes in that size is tough, especially without spending a fortune. :)

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I am the wife of a wonderful man who brought me into the Catholic Church through prayer and gentle perseverance, and who puts up with a lot of crazy mood swings. We have 6 beautiful children, though it seems odd to say "children" when half of them are grown, and two of them are living on their own! I'm in my 19th year of homeschooling, but I have only 2 students left at home, and they have begun attending a hybrid-homeschool 2-3 days per week. I am a slightly obsessed knitter who has several projects on needles at any given time, and many more on the "wish list". I enjoy creating beauty, whether through knitting, cooking, painting, or sewing. I'm enjoying my 2 days "off" each week, while I struggle with the reality of a nest that's getting emptier and emptier. Together with my family, we're trying to figure out how live In The World but not be Of The World.

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St. Francis de Sales

"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them — every day begin the task anew."

Memorare

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.